Learn More – Sabian Astro

Asteroid_BelThere are thousands of asteroids, clustered in 3 main places. They are named after all sorts of things, including nearly every ancient hero or god, discoveries and places. There are also a good many named after people. I don’t know how it’s so accurate, but name asteroids often have quite an impact.

Asteroids are my passion. There are so many, and more are discovered so often. I encourage you to explore like crazy.

I’d love to work with you to find pertinent asteroids in your life, and you can also explore yourself, by generating a chart here and requesting specific asteroids.

Because asteroids are smaller than planets, they don’t individually hold as much weight as the larger bodies. But, when they are involved in chart patterns or aspect important points, they can color a chart brilliantly.

Asteroids are discovered quite often. A good quality list is located here.

Aspects are angular connections between planets. Planets are charted on a circle, with 360 degrees-different angles determine the type of aspect.

Each aspect connects the energies of the points-some more harmoniously than others. Oppositions and squares are often stressful, but with some follow through, they can really create powerful personalities. Conjunctions, trines and sextiles are quite pleasant, and give the person much ease.

Aspects are where astrology gets juicy for me. I think they flavor our lives and incredible amount.

Aspects

Chart Patterns are geometric shapes that occur within the birth chart. Any polygon is important, plus a range of other shapes. My favorite is the Grand Trine, an equilateral triangle. Also important are Grand Crosses (a square), Yods (a pointing finger), T-Squares, Fans and a host of other shapes. These add either tension or ease to the energies of the involved planets.

There are so many things to consider when reading a birth chart, and this barely scratches the surface, except that it does provide an overview and starting point.

You may also make synastry or composite charts, and both tell us about relationships. Synastry charts compare the location of your planets to the location of another person’s planets. Aspects become very important in these charts. A composite chart is the average of 2 people’s charts. Instead of telling us how the people will get along, which a synastry chart does beautifully, it tells us the nature of the relationship.

The last thing I’ll mention here are transits-as the current planets make geometric relationships with their placements at your birth, you’ll feel them. Some are more popular-many people have heard of their “Saturn Return”, which is when Saturn returns to its placement at your birth, around the age of 30, and brings life changes with it.